Consumers have spent a long time patiently waiting for a native Delta Airlines App for their iPhones, one sorely needed by the fliers who frequent this airline, since it would mean quicker access to itineraries and information on check in. American Airlines has a very cleverly thought out one for their customers, and this one has basically set the bar on the possibilities of airline applications
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SATS acquires stake in Japanese airline caterer TFK for $122m
November 29th, 2010 |
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SATS says wholly-owned subsidiary, SATS Investments, has entered into an agreement to purchase Japan Airlines International Co.’s (JALI) entire stake of 50.7% in TFK Corporation (TFK) for ¥7.8 billion ($122 million).
Tiger Airways names Stewart Adams head of Singapore operation
November 10th, 2010 |
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Singapore budget airline Tiger Airways (TAHL.SI) said on Wednesday it has appointed Stewart Adams as managing director for its Singapore operation.
Adams, a 34-year industry veteran, was previously the Managing Director of Deutsche Lufthansa’s (LHAG.DE) unit bmi (BMID.UL). He replaces Rosalynn Tay who is leaving the airline.
Singapore Air says Goh Choon Phong to take over as CEO
September 3rd, 2010 |
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Singapore Airlines, the world’s second-largest airline by market value, named Goh Choon Phong as chief executive officer.
Goh, 47, will take charge on Jan. 1, according to a statement the airline sent to the Singapore stock exchange today. Chew Choon Seng, the current CEO, will retire, it said.
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Tiger Air and Thai Air to launch ‘Thai Tiger’ new low fare airline in Bangkok
August 2nd, 2010 |
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Thai Airways International and Tiger Airways Holdings has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a new low fare airline called Thai Tiger Airways Private Limited.
The new airline will operate the same low-fare, low-cost model as the other airlines in the Tiger Airways Group, and is expected to start operations in the first quarter of 2011, pending regulatory approvals.
SIA boosts frequency on rebound in travel
July 22nd, 2010 |
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Singapore Airlines, the world’s second-largest airline by market value, will add more flights to cities including Los Angeles and Moscow in response to a global rebound in travel.
Capacity to Russia and the U.S. will increase, with flights on the Singapore-Los Angeles and Singapore-Moscow-Houston sectors operating daily, the airline said in an e-mailed statement today. The new schedules are for the northern winter period of Oct. 31 to March 26, the airline said.
SATS to benefit from airline recovery, says OCBC
March 15th, 2010 |
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Singapore Airport Terminal Services (S58.SG) headed as high as $2.68 this morning as recent upbeat news from aviation sector lends support, reported Dow Jones Newswires.
OCBC Investment Research notes the International Air Transport Association halved its 2010 loss forecast for airlines last week, driven by economic recovery in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
AC Milan agree on 4-year shirt sponsor deal with Emirates
February 10th, 2010 |
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Dubai Government-owned Emirates airline is to sponsor AC Milan from next season in a four-year shirt deal worth around €50 million (Dh252.23m), a source close to the Italian club said. The Arab World’s largest airline, which also sponsors Arsenal’s stadium among other European soccer
SIA on recovery path as demand rebounds
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), the world’s No. 2 airline by market value, is on course to avert a full-year loss as a recovery in passenger and cargo demand helped it report its best quarterly profit in almost two years.
The airline industry is recovering from its worst ever downturn last year, but growth in the more profitable business class segment, where SIA thrives, is slow and could take time to capture pre-crisis level.
SIA sees better outlook after 3Q below expectations
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), the world’s No.2 airline by market value, expects recovery in passenger demand to continue after reporting its best quarterly profit in almost two years as cargo volumes rebounded and travel improved.
The airline industry is recovering from its worst downturn last year, but growth in the more profitable business class segment, where SIA thrives, is slow and could take time to capture pre-crisis level.
Singapore’s Tiger Air to raise $233m in IPO
January 18th, 2010 |
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Tiger Airways Holdings, the budget carrier part-owned by Singapore Airlines, will raise $233 million in Asia’s first initial public offering by an airline in five years.
The IPO shares were priced at $1.50 apiece, according to a pricing document sent to investors. The company had planned to offer shares for $1.35 to $1.65 apiece, a person familiar with the situation said earlier. Charles Sng, a spokesman for the airline, declined to comment.
Startup costs Tiger $112m, says SMH
December 23rd, 2009 |
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The Singapore Airlines-backed Tiger Airways has revealed that its Australian subsidiary lost US$79.3 million ($111.6 million) within its first two years, outstripping the losses its Singaporean parent has accumulated in its first six years of operation, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.
The low-cost airline’s release of the preliminary prospectus for its planned listing on the Singapore Exchange shows the airline has hemmed in the losses it suffered last financial year, thanks largely to the fall in fuel costs.
Falling star
December 17th, 2009 |
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Christmas woes for British Airways, even though a court orders that a strike is cancelled
THERE was a time, a decade ago, when British Airways (BA) could credibly claim to be “the world’s favourite airline”, as its posters proudly affirmed. Not any more. And certainly not to those passengers who were hastily booking alternatives to their BA flights this week as the threat of a long strike over Christmas loomed. The walkout was averted on Thursday December 17th, but the underlying problems that led to the standoff remained unresolved. Compounding the woe came news of a series of two-day strikes at Eurostar, the passenger-train service under the English Channel, and the collapse of Flyglobespan, a Scottish airline.
The dispute at BA centres on its desire to cut costs by reducing cabin staff on most flights and limiting wage increases. The airline’s pilots and engineers have already accepted austerity measures; cabin staff, notified of the proposed changes in July, are less inclined to compromise (though some have taken voluntary redundancy). On December 14th Unite, the union which represents almost all of the company’s 13,500 cabin staff, said they had voted overwhelmingly to strike. …
ST Aerospace bags $125m A320, Boeing 767 maintenance contract from US airline
December 4th, 2009 |
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ST Engineering says its aerospace arm, ST Aerospace, has secured a contract to provide airframe maintenance services for a major US airline worth about US$90 million ($125 million).
The maintenance contract will include C checks and heavy maintenance visits for a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft and Boeing 767 aircraft over three years, with an option to extend for two more years.
Airline alliances and antitrust: All together now
October 29th, 2009 |
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Why antitrust immunity granted in Washington may not wash in Europe
AS MORE and more big companies are learning to their cost, satisfying America’s supposedly tough competition authorities can be a good deal easier than winning over their increasingly assertive counterparts at the European Commission. This week America’s Department of Transportation (DoT) had been expected to grant antitrust immunity for plans by British Airways (BA), American Airlines (AA) and Iberia to integrate their transatlantic operations in a joint venture. But as The Economist went to press it looked as if the decision would be deferred because of concerns at the Department of Justice. The three airlines, members of the oneworld alliance, are still confident of getting the go-ahead from Washington, possibly with a few strings attached. But Brussels seems to be preparing to take a much harder line.
Airlines granted immunity are able to do most of the things that would result from a full merger. They can co-ordinate fares, sales forces, flight schedules and frequent-flyer programmes—efficiencies that are, they claim, in the interests of customers. That allows them to get around protectionist laws that, despite the “open skies” agreement between America and the European Union that came into force in 2008, prevent foreigners from owning more than 25% of big American carriers. …
Airline bomb plot Britons get 108 years
September 14th, 2009 |
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Three British Muslims were jailed for at least 108 years on Monday for plotting to kill thousands by blowing up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using bombs made from liquid explosives. The suspected Al Qaeda suicide plot, just days from being put into operation
Japan Airlines records $1bn loss
August 7th, 2009 |
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Japan Airlines – the largest carrier in Asia – has reported a significant loss in the three months to May, after ticket sales slumped during the period.
The airline made a loss of 99bn yen ($1bn; £618m) during the quarter, down from a 3.4bn yen loss a year earlier.
The figures come as Japan’s government prepares to provide an emergency loan to the carrier.
JAL could receive up to 100bn yen in state aid, say reports, providing the airline’s management improves.
Any funding would be provided through state owned Development Bank of Japan (DBJ).
Earlier this year, JAL sought to borrow up to 200bn yen from a government low-interest loans scheme.
The carrier saw sales drop 32% to 334.9bn yen from a year before.
JAL is maintaining its forecast for the fiscal year to March of a 63bn yen net loss.
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Row 44 Wins Approval for Airline Wi-Fi
August 6th, 2009 |
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Promising the fastest Wi-Fi in the sky, Row 44′s satellite-based airline broadband service wins operating approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
– After a longer than expected approval process, Row 44 said Aug. 6 the Federal
Communications Commission has approved the company’s satellite-based in-flight
Wi-Fi for commercial aircraft. Combined with licenses already granted in Canada
and Mexico, Row
44 plans to offer uninterrupted airborne In…
Pilot dead, seven hurt after Thai jet skids off runway: airline
August 4th, 2009 |
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A pilot was killed and seven passengers injured Tuesday when a commercial jet skidded off the runway as it landed on Thailand’s resort island of Ko Samui and hit an old control tower, the airline said. Bangkok Airways, which operated the flight and owns Samui airport, said it had temporarily
Buffalo Crash Pilot, Rebecca Shaw, Felt Ill… Said She Would Have Skipped Flight
July 27th, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON — The co-pilot in February’s airline crash in upstate New York complained to the flight’s captain that she felt ill and would have skipped the flight but didn’t want to pay for a hotel room, according to a new cockpit voice re…